(Note: I saw reports of him being a student at Indiana University, but heís not coming up in their online People finder when I searched on Sam or Samuel Hendrickson. His Facebook page has been deleted.)

This isnít the first time in recent memory that a young and otherwise Internet-savvy person has decided to go global with his or her personal attacks on a whole demo. Remember Alexandra Wallace, the UCLA student whose loud mouth about her feelings on Asians in the library launched a thousand blog posts and a takeout service?

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Probably the best writer on race in America today, Ta-Nehisi Coates, just posted a piece about the shocking amount of casual racism that our society still tolerates. We want to believe that racism today is just confined to the evil and villainous, he writes, but sadly itís not. I can believe that this student is a good kid, and still committed a public racist act, because itís all too common in the Midwest. I didnít grow up around the most enlightened citizens myself; Iím grateful when a friend calls me out for doing or saying something insensitive.

If we see or hear something racist, weíve got to say something. Itís just not right to let it go and let people think itís all right.

Is there anything shocking or mouth-open dumb that YOUíVE seen on the Indy-net lately? Shoot me a note on Twitter @heycori or at heycori@indystar.com, or leave your take in the comments!